Thomas hartley



dished finches THOMAS HARTLEY, OF BRIDGEPO RT, OHIO.

Letters Patent N 107,364, dated September 13, 1870.

IMPROVED MEAT-CUTTER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS HARTLEY, of Bridgeport, in the county of Belmont and in the State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Meat-0utters; and do hereby declare that the ibllowing is .a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a partof this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in eccentric revolving knives operating upon a revolving table, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the artto which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view, and

Figure 2, a side elevation of my improved meatcutter.

In all sausage-machines with which I am acquainted, the knives \vork square upon a block, or the meat pressed through a cylinder. The first is objectionable in not making a clean out, being very difficult to cut the siuews. The second, acting by pressure, breaks the grain of the meat.

My machine obviates those difficulties by the knives being eccentric, and revolving, on a shaft, over a rotary table, thereby-causing the knives to make a drawcut without pressing upon the grain of themeat.

ble and all the shafts are revolved.

On each shatt'is placed a series of eccentric-knives, I- I, a suitable distance apart. These knives will out very rapidly, and, being eccentric, will give the meat a thaw-cut. j

Having-thus fully described my intention,

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters' Patent, is

The combination of the ta'bIo'B with cogged rim 0, pinions G G, shafts D D, and knives I I, all constructed and arranged asd'escribed, to operate substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have herc-' unto set. my hand this 21st day of July, 1870.

' THOHAS HARTLEY.

Witnesses:

T. 0.]1townns, J. B. Rownns. 

